Between the first semester of 2018 and the same period of 2019, the volume sold of fertilizers and agrochemicals fell by 13%, a decrease explained by the political crisis reported since April last year.
Figures estimated by the Association of Formulators and Distributors of Agrochemicals (Anifoda), specify that this is the second year that decreases in sales are reported, because between the first half of 2017 and the same period of 2018, the volume of fertilizer sold fell by 5%, falling from 110 thousand tons to 104 thousand tons.
For the Nicaraguan coffee sector, the difficulty in obtaining workers has worsened, especially in areas such as Nueva Segovia and Matagalpa.
The coffee trade union affirms that in the 2016-2017 cycle approximately 200 thousand hundredweight were lost, and in what has occurred so far of the 2017-2018 harvest, part of the production has also been lost.Entrepreneurs in the sector argue that, in both cases, it is due to a lack of grain cutters.
The import of 130,000 hundredweight and an estimated production of 80,000 between November and December will guarantee supply of the product and the balance of consumption, according to the Central Bank of Nicaragua.
From a statement issued by the Central Bank of Nicaragua:
In the last five years, the average price of coffee exported by countries in the region fell by 33%, going from $226 to $151.
Figures from the information system on thethe Coffee market in Central America, compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit atCentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption = "Click to interact with the graph"]
Between 2015 and 2016, the total value of imported insecticides, herbicides and fungicides in Central American countries increased by 6%, going from $632 million to $668 million.
Figures from the information system on thethe Market for Insecticides, Herbicides and Fungicides in Central America, compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit atCentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption="Clic para interactuar con la gráfica"]
Legislative approval has been given to the reform of the Law for the Transformation and Development of Coffee Production which integrates the sturdy variety into the agricultural policy model.
The reform to Law 853 includes the creation of an Executive Secretariat for the National Commission for the Conversion and Development of Coffee (Conatradec), incorporating representatives of the public sector and the private sector.
In 2015 Guatemala led the export of raw sugar with $848 million, followed by El Salvador with $178 million and Nicaragua with $114 million.
Foreign Trade figures for Raw sugar in Central America, analyzed by the Business Intelligence unit at CentralAmericaData report that in 2015 the countries in Central America exported a combined total of 3 million 292 thousand tons of raw sugar equivalent to $1.289 billion.
The aim is to open markets in Europe and Asia in order to offset the decline projected in tobacco exports to the US because of new FDA regulations.
The goal of the Nicaraguan Cigar Association is to gain a "... 20% increase in sales to Europe, where a little less than 10% of the product is consumed, as the rest currently goes to the United States."
The decline in the local harvest caused by drought has forced the country to double the volume of imports of the grain in the current year, 2016.
An article on Laprensa.hn reports that "...Jacobo Paz, minister of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (SAG), said that the import of 170,000 tons of yellow corn (3.4 million quintals), which will be used for agribusiness has already been authorized. "
African palm, coffee, pineapple, bamboo, cocoa and forestry are the categories that the Nicaraguan government is promoting as investment opportunities in the Caribbean coast.
Noting that deforested areas are those that could house African palm plantations, Alvaro Baltodano, presidential delegate for investment and exports, noted that African palm is now being planted in 10 thousand acres of the Nicaraguan Caribbean, as part of a project that aims to plant 20 thousand acres.
In Colombia a simplified export procedure allows anyone to use the system, by sending their product through courier companies.
The National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia, with the aim of promoting the export of small quantities of coffee, has developed a simplified export procedure, which allows any natural or legal person who has registered in advance as a coffee exporter to make use of this format, whereby companies use postal and courier services, which will be registered in the system of the Federation for that purpose.
The coffee union has stated that the advance payment of withholding tax reduces the trade margin of exporters by up to 40%.
The obligation to pay an advance withholding tax (IR) to the DGI is threatening the competitiveness of coffee growers, especially companies whose profit is on commission on sales that are placed on the international market. The complaint was made by Michael Healy, president of the Union of Agricultural Producers of Nicaragua to Trincheraonline.com.
Between March 2015 and February this year the country achieved a production of 14.3 million bags of 60 kilos, 16% more than the nearly 12.4 million in the previous harvest.
From a statement by the National Federation of Coffee Growers in Colombia:
Bogotá - Colombia, the largest producer of mild washed arabica coffee, recorded a harvest in February of 1.1 million bags each weighing 60 kilos and that the growth rate has been maintained, however, they remain on alert because of the effect of the intense El Niño.
The International Congress on Sustainable Fine Cocoa Production will take place in Nicaragua on 9th and 10th of March 2016.
The state run Nicaraguan Institute of Agricultural Technology (INTA) is inviting researchers, producers, exporters, technicians and traders of cocoa, to the International Congress on Sustainable Fine Cocoa Production, to be held on the 9th and 10th of March in Nicaragua.
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